Necrotizing enterocolitis: The road to zero

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-44

  Kim, Jae H ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonate; Prevention; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LACTOFERRIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; BREAST MILK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; ISCHEMIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATE; PREVENTION; STRATEGIES;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84891664063     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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